"Tutoring?" John's voice questioned on the other end as Elizabeth sat at her desk once more. The phone was yet again being held between her head and shoulder as she looked over the notes she had taken earlier that afternoon

"Yes John, Tutoring, you know the extra help you get when you don't understand something being taught" She answered

"I know what that is" her brother retorted, she smiled as she imagined the look on his face as he probably leaned his head in the palm of his hand, the expression on his face somewhere between annoyance.

"What are you getting tutored in?"

"Chemistry" she answered simply, the anxious feeling she tended to harbor was slowly creeping into her chest once more

"Chemistry...but I thought you were doing decent in all your classes, Liz" John's voice had changed, and she did not particularly care for the tone it now took. It was the 'you aren't telling me everything tone, the one that made her fidget and feel uncomfortable, because that meant he wanted an honest answer, but this time, she couldn't give him one, not when he had his own life to juggle.

"I am Johnny, but it just got confusing for me" She lied, knowing that he wasn't there to see the out deception on her face as she talked. She knew John, and she knew that her brother would flip out if he found out things were worse than she actually let on. But she felt that keeping most of the truth from him was the best thing for him, he was studying to be a doctor and Elizabeth would never forgive herself if he dropped out of medical school for her. Just like she knew he would never forgive her for lying about how many times she had actually been hit.

"Liz..."

"Johnny, I promise I am doing fine, you took chemistry before, you know how hard it gets the farther you progress in the semester" Her answer was met with Silence and she could picture him holding hid head in his hand, his eyes shut as he took in her words.

"I guess you are right" he sighed finally "Tell me about your tutor then, what are they like? Do they at least have a decent idea what they are talking about?"

"Of course they know what they are talking about John. He is a Chemistry major, a few years older than I am. But he seems so much smarter than that, he is A bit of a git I suppose, more like the blacklisted of the campus from what I have gathered. No one talks about him."

"So they gave you the campus freak then" John commented

"I doubt he is a freak John" she countered "Different, yes, a freak no." Her retort was met with Silence on the other end of the line and for once she couldn't imagine what John was doing, instead she just sat there in silence.

"What Ever you say Elizabeth"

Sherlock smiled as he talked to the older of his younger twin sisters. A smile growing on his face as she talked on and on about medical school, her new friends and her idiotic professors. The last thing he wanted was for one of his younger siblings to find out about his drug habits. He was pulled back into the conversation as soon as there was a long pause of silence as though she expected him to say something

"Will!? Hello, big bro? Talk to me..." Vienna chuckled on her side of the call. "I hear you're tutoring someone for a little extra money? Did mum and dad cut your expenses?"

"No... They, uh, they cut back the money they transfer over since Ford is also paying off my uni debt as well." The older sibling lied, looking towards the room Victor sat in, fear taking over the chemistry major's face as he tried to keep his tone as neutral as possible. "I do need to have a bit extra cash for certain luxuries."

"Well, those luxuries better not be going to up your nose or in your arm, William." Vi murmured, sighing as one of her friends called her in the background, mention a late night cram session at their friend's place. "Anyways, I gotta go, Will... I'll message you before I go to bed... Be safe and make sure you take care of your body."

"I will Vi" He said quietly before the line went died, slowly he pulled the phone away from his ear before he ran a hand over his face.

"You didn't tell her then?" He jumped as he turned to look at Victor, he had not noticed him approaching. His heart was beating rather quickly as he noticed the flashes of Emotions that passed over Victor's face so quickly he just may have been imagining them.

Sherlock shook his head, how could he tell her that he was using again when he had promised he would stop for their sake? She was one of the few people who didn't think he was a freak, that didn't think he was a show off. He was taken by surprise as Victor reached out and grabbed him by the front of his shirt, pulling them face to face. Sherlock leaned back just slightly, their faces so close he could make put the out the faint lines on the other males brow

"I thought you were suppose to tell family everything?" Victor asked, his tone making Sherlock's blood go cold, he swallowed thickly. "Or was that a lie William?" Sherlock didn't answer, instead he just looked at Victor. The pounding in his chest became more pronounce as it echoed in his ears.

In a heart beat, Sherlock felt his back collide with the wall as he was shoved up against it, the chemistry major turned his head as a low hiss escaped his lips. Victor's warm breath ghosted over the side of his face and neck as he leaned in.

"Next time she calls, You tell her the truth, or you will regret it" Sherlock nodded but he still refused to look at the male who had him pinned to the wall.

"Understood" He said softly as the hands on his shirt released him after giving him one more shove into the hard drywall. Victor walked out with out another word and after several moments, Sherlock moved to close his bedroom door softly. He moved to his bed and sunk down, the mattress hardly making a sound as it took all his weight. Quietly he placed his mobile on the nightstand before laying back and covering his face with his hands.

"What on earth have you gotten yourself into?" He muttered to himself. Things were slowly changing, and it was becoming very obvious very fast that it was not for the better.